[osis-core] Re: [osis-user] class vs type

[Patrick Durusau]

Todd,

Todd Tillinghast wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> I would be in favor of regularly scheduled releases.
> I would anticipate that many within Bible societies would prefer to 
> see fewer updates/changes because there could be perception that they 
> have a lot to keep up from a learning perspective and that the 
> standard is not stable (always changing).  I think backwards 
> compatibility would be the key to addressing these concerns.
>
> Perhaps one major release every year and a minor release 6 months 
> offset with two "fixes" releases in between?
>
Sure, the "nature" of the releases (major/minor, fix) is one of the 
issues we would need to address.

Another way to address the concern over changes would be to re-issue the 
users manual with a preface on changes and the changes for that release 
in red in the manual. On the "next" release, those changes would go into 
the change history and the text in the users manual revert to normal color.

It would be nice if tools could keep pace with the major/minor ones.

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick

> Todd
>
> Patrick Durusau wrote:
>
>> DM,
>>
>> Interested in your suggestion of quarterly releases. Mostly my fault 
>> but we have never really followed a traditional development sort of 
>> cycle, public roadmap, etc.
>>
>> Perhaps it is time for us to consider being a little less ad hoc and 
>> a bit more formal.
>>
>> I can't speak for everyone in the core group but the spirit is 
>> willing. ;-)
>>
>> It would certainly put us in a position of better communication with 
>> the user community and keep us moving forward. (There are some really 
>> cool things I would like to see in 4.0 and later. ;-) Topic maps like 
>> stuff and that sort of thing.)
>>
>> I will make the rounds by phone this next week and see if there is 
>> general agreement to doing a more formalized development process with 
>> all the transparency of an open source project.
>>
>> My situation may be about to change to the point where I could 
>> allocate time for a more regular process.
>>
>> See what you can provoke by posting to the OSIS list!
>>
>> Hope you are having a great weekend!
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>> DM Smith wrote:
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